eugenii

Translingual

Etymology

From Ile Eugene, the 19th century French name of St Peter Island of South Australia, after Eugene Hamelin, commander of the ship Naturaliste. The name was used by the French naturalist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest for the specific epithet of Macropus eugenii, where he found the species he described.

Noun

eugenii (genitive)

1. Used as a specific epithet; found on Ile Eugeni. [from 1817]

See also

• Macropus eugenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Adjective

eugenīī

1. inflection of eugenīus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular